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try eating more often and adding carbs at each mean.....eat 6 meals a day, to raise your insulin level, which in turn will decrease your fat metabolism. As you get further out from the DS, you will be able to incorporate more carbs, add a probiotic. This is temporary, as long as you have no deficiencies, you are ok, and if you do ...make sure you address them.
If you have a specific question for me, PM me or I will not see it, as I don't check responses on the forums and don't have anything forwarded to my email.
thank you, I have tried this already it was quite painful for me. I will keep trying things as suggested.
so now i went to the dr and she said it would be ok to do quick optifast if i felt ok but then i was going to do keto diet but she said that is not really good the dr that did my surgery retired along time ago and im sort of forgetting what we should be eating after ds to maintain our weight Anybody got some good ideas?
thankyou i have to be really careful here because i had a complication i had have more of my bowel out than most people so i will talk to my dr and see how if i can just do it or need it modified.
Hi,
While I think this is OK for a quick hit on the weight loss you may want to just try 3 or 4 days to kind of "reset" your eating and then reintroduce food slowly starting with protein. Kind of a modified post-op diet.
I'm familiar with it being easier to make the decision of I am just having liquids as a way to avoid all eating issues temporarily I just think it might be healthier to track what you are eating after a shorter period on Optifast or your protein drink of choice. :)
I use Optimum Nutrition for my favorite protein drink and personally find a couple of days of mostly that can help me get back on track if I feel a little out of control.
Pete
HW 552 CW 198 SW 464 4/15/13 - Lap DS by Dr. Philip Schauer - Cleveland Clinic.
Depending on how concerned you are you might want to talk to the Doc about something like Creon. It's an enzyme (I think) that increases absorption. I've seen a lot of people ( relatively ) that were concerned about too much weight loss try that.
I feel for you, the first year I never really knew from week to week if something would hit me differently than the week before. Dairy was an especial problem for me then, soon figured it out and switched to Lactaid and frozen yogurt but it made my life miserable till I saw online about people coming out lactose intolerant and connected the dots. Powdered milk was a big portion of my Docs post-op re-introduction to food.
Have you tried something like sodium bicarbonate to mask some of the symptoms?
Pete
Okay, so you started with a band over bypass and he increased your malabsorption. This is known as a distal bypass. They usually bypass around 100cm total of intestine. It's not as much as a DS, but a lot more than the standard RNY. I have a friend who did this who started out very big. She lost another 60 lbs or so, but is still morbidly obese. Results are a mixed bag.
Your specialist's explanation of scar tissue doesn't make sense because the scar tissue should be related to your pouch, not the stomach that he would have rejuvenated to function again. A bypass to DS is a very complicated procedure, and it's likely that your specialist didn't feel confident doing it. Many experienced DS surgeons step away from doing bypass revisions to DS, too. It would have been nice for him to be up front with you from the start, though.
I wish you'd reached out before your second revision. We could have turned you to a surgeon who could give you a proper DS revision. For now, you need to increase your vitamin regime to more of a DS regimen, but all of the rules and restrictions of the RNY still remain (i.e. you can still dump, no NSAIDS).
Valerie
DS 2005
There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes
I have passed my goal, I am very under weight now I've lost about 41%, this was just not even a number we had thought about or discussed. I just wanted to know if others have had this happen. .I appreciate the advise and I do add items each day but I just find the tummy aches, gas, and diarrhea very overwhelming. I usually go back to a blander diet when this happens. I was just hoping for more wins by now. I usually eat protein first then veggies, then a carb. I do not eat carbs daily. I just find they do not agree with me then I am up all night. I just keep trying buy every check up I am loosing more and more. I am afraid it isn't going to stop. But I will take the advice and try as it cant hurt. I appreciate your time in answering me.
Thank you I will try these suggestions. I the more I can try and add in to get small wins will help me tremendously.
thanks im not looking forward to optifast but i thought it might be a quick fix to get the weight off i weigh 85kgs now which i guess is not too bad usually a size 16 i must admit i did like the thinner look
